Every time I hear sports talk show host Paul Howard selling LASIK eye surgery – it only took him a few painless minutes to acquire 20-15 vision – I think of a woman I wrote about in Texas who lost her sight from a laser procedure. Her emotional appeal to me to let people know that such surgery is not without risk has stayed with me.
Visitors to Jean-Marie Auboine’s business are greeted by the overpowering fragrance of chocolate and perfectly preserved chocolate statues. A dragon, eagle, monkey and goblin occupy a desk that would usually belong to a receptionist.
Outside Henry Chanin’s office at The Meadows School is the golf cart he must use to move around campus.
It is a reminder of one way the hepatitis C he acquired in 2006 during a colonoscopy at Dr. Dipak Desai’s Desert Shadow Endoscopy Center has changed his life.
The Southern Nevada Health District’s main building downtown is one earthquake or strong wind away from collapsing, according to a detailed structural assessment released Monday.
The Southern Nevada Health District’s main building downtown has been shut down indefinitely due to “dire” structural issues, causing the temporary relocation or suspension of several services, a spokeswoman said Sunday.
How do you stop people from acting foolishly?
There’s a government-sanctioned body in Nevada — a task force on unlicensed health care — that’s trying to do just that within the Hispanic community.
It doesn’t take a college education to understand that sex sells. Like it or not, UNLV students are surrounded by the temptations of Sin City and its lights, lust and liquor. And if sex sells, then stripping can surely pay the bills.
Larry Matheis, director of the Nevada State Medical Association, told legislators Tuesday if Nevada is going to prevent the Latino community from seeking help from unlicensed doctors, then it must create better access to affordable health care for all people.
